Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Walt Whitman Quotes

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

Youth, large, lusty, loving - Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that...

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...